Entertainment Lab

tv & movie projects IN DEVELOPMENT:

HUNG OVER (drama feature film)

Written by: Michail Eggelhoefer

Logline: Five years after almost being killed by racists, a mixed-race alcoholic finds his attacker in Alcoholics Anonymous, forcing him to choose between revenge and redemption.

LIVE AND LET GO (faith-based sports film)

Written by: Brandon Morales

Logline: A hyper-independent former football star Brian thinks he has life all figured out. When his plans to go to the big leagues are interrupted by a car accident, he's forced to rely on the one person he never could - his absent father.

UNLIKELY HERO (fantasy, comedy/action/horror series for adults)

Written by: Alexander Poncio

Logline: Caleb Quijano is a disenchanted, 30-year-old millennial who questions whether the fantasy world he saved when he was 10 ever really existed at all, until he gets pulled back in...

BIG LOVE MANSION (reality dating series)

Created by: Vladimir John Perez

Logline: In Big Love Mansion, sparks fly and drama unfolds as charismatic plus-sized men and fit women come together, compete and maybe even date in a luxurious estate. Think Jersey Shore meets Beauty and the Geek, where bold personalities, real connections, and body positivity defy traditional dating norms, proving that love comes in all shapes and sizes.

BLACK BOUQUET (thriller feature film)

Written by: Nino Aldi & Joseph Rein

Logline: An unsuspecting, young reporter with a haunting past is determined to understand a serial killer’s motive before his ultimate death sentence. The more she uncovers about the inmate’s past, the more lives, including her own, she puts in danger, eventually leading to a twisted form of justice that no one could ever expect.

Attached (if requested):

• Britt Robertson (The Rookie: Feds, The Space Between Us)

• Denis O'Hare (American Horror Story, The Nevers)

BAD JAPANESE GIRLS (half-hour comedy TV show)

Written by: Ayumi Iizuka & Adam Levy

Logline: Bad Japanese Girls is a half-hour comedy about a clash of cultures. East vs West. Tradition vs Change. Obedience vs Rebellion. Meet the Iizukas, a middle-class family in the Minneapolis suburbs, where parents Yoko and Keigo make the rules and their four daughters obey without question. That is until their youngest Ayumi is caught dating a boy behind their backs, igniting a war at home that turns parent against parent and sister against sister.

A SOLDIER’S HEART (thriller feature film)

Written by Louise Osbourne and Carmen Capuano

Logline: When a soldier returns from war with the horrors of losing his best friends embedded in his head, family life is not a battle he thought he’d have to fight but all is not as it seems and losing his mind is only the tip of the iceberg.

Attached (if requested):

Martyn Ford (Mortal Kombat 2, House of David)

TASTE REVOLUTION (a restaurant review talk show)

Created and hosted by: Jordan Bryant

Concept: In every episode of this show we are wining and dining the biggest artists in the world, while reviewing the dishes, highlighting advancements in some of the newest and hottest restaurants in the world and identifying and discussing everyday issues in our lives and society.

Trailer: watch here
Pilot: watch here

Past and future celebrity guests:

THE BLACKBURN FILES (queer detective procedural)

Written by: Jeena Bloom

Logline: an hour-long pilot about a trans woman who runs a private detective agency in Venice Beach. She’s hired by a figure from her past: the biological daughter she abandoned years ago now looking to find out who murdered her mother.

Attached (if requested):

Keisha Zollar (Mike, Young Love) is attached as a Showrunner.

Alexandra Billings (Transparent) is interested in the role of Detective Blackburn.

NASHAA (British, crime TV series)

Written by: Jas Kandola

Logline: After his father is imprisoned, a straight-A student becomes a drug mule to help get his family out of debt, but when he witnesses a double murder, the scared boy wants out, yet the ruthless cartel won’t let their new prodigy leave.

Attached (if requested):

Christopher Hollier (La Brea, Roswell, New Mexico) is attached as a Showrunner.

Tim Andrew (NCIS: Hawai'i, Roswell, New Mexico) is attached as a Director.

GIRLS’ NIGHT OUT (a comedy film)

Written by: Narineh Tahmasebian

Logline: A lowly music assistant and her feuding friends inadvertently kidnap her employer to prevent him from being murdered by his scheming wife. Friendships are tested as they battle rookie officers, Haley Joel Osment, and each other in their quest to show everyone the truth and keep themselves out of jail.

Attached Director (if requested):

- Mark A. Burley (Orange is the New Black, Glow)

FAITH (thriller drama feature film)

Written by: Naomi Sheridan

Logline: Two women from very different worlds risk everything to save a child’s life.

Attached (if requested):

- Cecilia Peck (Escaping Twin Flames)

DADDY ISSUES (comedy TV series)

Written by: David F. M. Vaughn

Logline: Jerry, a newly out gay father, struggles to navigate the challenges of dating and fatherhood with the help of his gay friends who are not much better at it.

Attached Director (if requested):

- Mark A. Burley (Orange is the New Black, Glow)

Attached Actors (if requested):

- Britt Baron (Glow)
- Rory O’Malley (American Princess) is attached (if requested).

RALPH VS. ZOMBIES (a comedy horror feature film)

Written by: Matty Cardarople

Logline: It’s all fun and games at the Zombie-themed Halloween Farm, until ACTUAL ZOMBIES take over the park, and the only line of defense is a loveable yet dim-witted janitor named RALPH. The secret to Ralph's courage is that he doesn't realize the zombies are real, and his greatest weapon is his horrible singing voice that's so bad not even zombies can stand it.

NOT THE GIRLS YOU'RE LOOKING FOR (half-hour dramedy TV series)

Written by: Marissa Lessman
Logline: With no money left to feed her cocaine addiction or her daughter’s newborn, a woman embarks on a new life as an entrepreneur, selling guns to many, many women.

Attached (if requested):
- Patrick R. Norris (The Path, Quantico)
- Mark A. Burley (Orange is the New Black)

- Mia Serafino (Beef)
- Anjelica Bette Fellini (Teenage Bounty Hunters)

HOUSE HUNT (a buddy comedy feature film)

Written by: Greg Fortier

Logline: When a straight-laced newlywed couple is outbid on their dream home by a sketchy widow, they set out to prove she offed her husband before the sale is finalized.

A BROOKLYN SQUIRREL (animated YA, drama feature film)

Written by: Ayinde Howell
Logline: A coming-of-age story about a teenage squirrel who desperately wants to follow in his father’s footsteps…the same footsteps that got him killed.

Attached (if requested):

- Marcus Scribner (Black-ish)
- Paula Patton (Sacrifice)
- Lonnie Chavis (This Is Us) 
- Armani Jackson (Wolf Pack)
- Talia Jackson (Family Reunion)

THE CARRIER (dark comedy feature film)

Written by: Todd Restler

Logline: In this corporate world satire, the CEO of a struggling health insurance company devises a scheme to kill high-cost clients to save the company. Is he really onto something?

Attached (if requested):

- Mark A. Burley (Orange is the New Black)

BUG THERAPY (animated, comedy/family feature film)

Written by: Michael Jann and Michele Jourdan

Bug Therapy tells the story of Citronella (Meghan Trainor), a mosquito who faints at the sight of blood.

To overcome her phobia, she tries to muster the courage to attend group therapy, led by Dr. Pill (Dr. Phil). There she learns that everyone faces mental health struggles and meets other bugs including Stick Bug (Sterling K. Brown) who lives with depression over never feeling seen, Fly (Jay Leno) who has OCD, Grasshopper (Tom Green) who has an addiction to coffee, Praying Mantis (Emily Goglia) who is narcissistic/delusional and believes she’s God, a Dragonfly couple (film writers Michael Jann and Michele Jourdan) who are co-dependent, and Spider (Jason Reisig) who has a phobia of spiders.

Attached (if requested):
- Jay Leno
- Meghan Trainor
- Sterling K. Brown
- Tom Green
- Dr. Phil

SMALL DISASTERS (half-hour dramedy TV series)

Written by: Radhika Malhotra
Logline: Set in London. Leena, an evasive aspiring actress must face the nastiest parts of herself through a mess of past relationships. She spirals, cornered to facing everything she’s ever evaded, including the very fact that she’s bipolar.

NAUGHTY (young adult, horror feature film)

Written by: Derek Taylor Kent & Shawn Kittelsen
Story by: Geoff Plitt
Based on the legend of Krampus

Logline: When 17-year-old, role-playing nerd, ERNIE, gets invited to the popular kids' Christmas party, he finally gets the chance to impress his geek-cute crush, AMY. But when the wild party awakens a legendary beast obsessed with punishing the naughty, Ernie will need the help of his reluctant video-game-obsessed pal, BRANDON, to stay one step ahead of the bloodthirsty creature and rescue his friends from the monster’s lair.

Attached director (if requested): Meagan Good

Attached (if requested):
- Jovan Armand (Shazam!)
- Cooper Andrews (Shazam!)
- Luciano Leroux (Teacup, Yellow Jackets)

ELECTRIC LANE (young adult comedy feature film)

Written by: Turhan Troy Caylak, Howard Reichman and Rainy Kerwin
Logline: When 16-year-old Lane Huffy - the bold and lovable front man for the neighborhood garage band - finds out that his fractured family is being evicted from their home, he must lie, cheat and steal to create the ultimate backyard rock concert to pay off the debt.

Attached (if requested):

- Luciano Leroux (Teacup, Yellow Jackets)

BARSTOW (half-hour, dark comedy TV Series)

Created by: Garrett Morris, Arjay Smith & Brittany Scott Smith

Logline: It might seem like a quiet town, but don’t get it twisted…Barstow’s the new Vegas, and everyone wants a piece of the pie.

Attached (if requested):
- Arjay Smith (The Rookie)
- Garrett Morris (2 Broke Girls)
- Oz Scott (Black Lightning)

SCAREDY CATS (reality series)

Created by:  Matty Cardarople (Reservation Dogs)

Logline: Welcome to the first paranormal show that uses irreverent humor and a slightly out-of-their-depth hosting team to get to the truth about some of America’s best paranormal cases: UFOs, ghosts, monsters, Bigfoot, Shadow People and curses.

Sizzle reel: https://vimeo.com/757680000/180bdcc641

A DATE FOR CHRISTMAS (family, Christmas movie)

Written by: Stephen Vagg

Logline: In order to please her dying mother, a workaholic, uptight lawyer convinces her irritating, playboy, workplace rival to impersonate her fiance over Christmas, but complications arise when the mother's health suddenly improves and an ex enters the picture.

GERTIE (action-comedy feature film)

Written by: Luke Thomas

Logline: After a kill goes wrong, an elderly hitwoman must protect her granddaughter and the retirement community she lives in from a violent group of thugs seeking revenge. She has no choice but to team up with her granddaughter’s dead-beat boyfriend if she wants to save Bingo night.

CONSUME (half-hour, dark comedy TV series)

Written by: Etan Muskat

Logline: A neurotic ethics professor, obsessed with notions of right and wrong, must confront his values when he finds himself transforming into a vampire. He needs to feed to live, and tries to use moral philosophy to select the ideal victim. But is there really an ethical way to kill someone and drink their blood?
***What We Do in the Shadows meets Dexter

Attached Director (if requested):
- Patrick R. Norris (The Path, Quantico)

Attached Showrunner (if requested):
- Matthew Hastings (The Handmaid’s Tale, Shadowhunters)

Attached Producer (if requested):
- Dark Horse Entertainment (The Umbrella Academy, Hellboy)

COMIC CONS (roadtrip, comedy feature film)

Written by: Peter Harmon & Larry Postel

Logline: Danny and Reggie are con men who get busted in one of their schemes. Running from the law, they hide out with a crew of cosplayers and set their sights on one more big score, scamming the San Diego Comic Con.

THE PERFECT LOCATION (psychological thriller TV movie)

Written by: Stephen Vagg

Logline: Luci, a young woman who is obsessed with the house she grew up in, gets a job as a nanny to the couple who now reside there. What they don’t realize is that Luci is prepared to do anything to get the house back, really...anything.

GIFTED (half-hour, dramedy TV series)

Written by: Jonny King

Logline: Holly, a working-class mum, still processing the recent death of her husband and fighting to re-connect with her young son Max, finds her values and beliefs tested when her wealthy parents-in-law insist on paying for Max to attend the same elite private school as his father, thrusting her into the ridiculous and ruthless world of the British private school system.

*Page Turner Awards Screenplay Award Winner

Attached (if requested):

- Jane Asher (Eve)

THE LISTING (Unscripted Television, comedy/drama/real estate/competition)

Created by: John McMonigle & Justin J. Murphy

Logline:
Every real estate agent dreams of getting that one listing that can transform their career and make them an icon. There are thousands of realtors across the country willing to work tirelessly and stop at nothing to break into the elite luxury listing category. Getting the listing for a $30 million home will put them in the top 1% of agents in the world. The Listing gives them the opportunity of a lifetime.

THINGS TO DO WHILE I’M DEAD (Dark, romantic road comedy film)

Written by: George Carlos
Logline: A dispirited convenience store cashier is kidnapped by a wealthy eccentric who truly believes that he died in a car accident years ago. However, as her kidnapping progresses into an exciting crime spree, the man who thinks he’s dead starts to make her wonder whether she had really been living at all.

Attached (if requested):
- Ksenia Solo (Project Blue Book)
- Phillip Garcia (Sprung)
- Giavani Cairo (The Chosen)

FIGHT BACK (feature film, thriller - two locations)

Written by: Clinton Wray Miller

Logline: FIGHT BACK is a thriller that captures the #MeToo zeitgeist. A Black family and a White family overcome their differences, join together, and fight back against thugs who have come to terrorize the lead witnesses in a sexual harassment lawsuit. Blending race-savvy satire and gender-savvy humor with a nonstop thrill ride of suspense and terror, this is a bombshell social critique within a thriller. 

Attached (if requested):

- Christine Horn (Snowfall)

- Merrick McCartha (Countdown)

NERD PROM (YA romantic comedy feature film)

Written by: Stephen Vagg

Logline: High-School prom is canceled because of bad behavior, now the only group allowed to have an end-of-year event is the debate team. The nerds finally have what the cool kids want but the cool kids won't go down without a fight.

Attached (if requested):

- Sofia Wylie (High School Musical: The Musical: The Series)
- Jovan Armand (Shazam!)
- Louise Alston (Back of the Net)

BENCHED (Feature/Legal drama)

Written by: Craig Bealer

Casting: Paul Weber, C.S.A.

Logline: A homeless attorney sidelined with bipolar disorder plays judge to street disputes, but when a single mom with nowhere else to turn asks him to help her battle her abusive slumlord, he must confront his demons and step back into a real courtroom. *The Soloist meets Roman J. Israel, Esq. with Good Will Hunting’s inspiring arc.

Attached (if requested):
- Russell Hornsby (Grimm)
- Melissa Ponzio (Chicago Fire)
- Merrick McCartha (Countdown)

Selected as a featured script by The Black List - https://blcklst.com/featured

THORNFIELD HALL (feature film, drama, period piece)

Written by: Stephen Vagg (represented by The Gersh Agency)

Logline: Set in the 1840s, Thornfield Hall is an adaptation of the classic novel Jane Eyre; An Autobiography, as a vampire film. In this film, we discover the real story as told to novelist Charlotte Bronte.

In 1847, the young Jane Eyre travels to Thornfield Manor in the Yorkshire Moors to work as a governess for the daughter of the mysterious Edward Rochester. Jane falls in love with Rochester and accepts his proposal of marriage, only to discover that his Jamaican wife is kept prisoner in the attic – and is a vampire.

Attached director (if requested):

- James Bamford (Arrow)

HELLO MS. CHARLETTE (one-hour legal procedural)

Written by: Andrew Beutmueller

Logline: HELLO MS. CHARLETTE is a one-hour drama-comedy about an African American defense lawyer in New Orleans, who uses her inherited wealth to defend the “undefendable" against a harsh, corrupt legal system.

Attached (if requested): 

- S. Epatha Merkerson (Chicago Med, Chicago PD) 
- Shalita Grant (NCIS: New Orleans)
- Tobi Bakare (Kingsman, Death in Paradise) 
- Jovan Armand (Shazam!)
- Charles S. Carroll (Chicago Med, State of Affairs)
- Merrick McCartha (Countdown)